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Fianna Fail candidate Michael Smith
Fianna Fail general election candidate and local councillor Michael Smith says he hopes to have the opportunity to bring his decades of experience as a public representative to the role of TD, if elected.
Cllr Smith is a full-time farmer with over 20 years of service on the council, with the highest percentage vote in the last three local elections in the county of Tipperary.
“If elected, I promise to do my level best to serve the needs of the people of Tipperary and North West Kilkenny to the very best of my ability,” he said. “I wish to welcome the people of North West Kilkenny. We all know that it is a significant wrench to be taken out of the Kilkenny County area. In Tipperary, we are used to changes, the county boundaries have changed in every election since 2007.
"However, if elected, you can be assured that I will do my very best to represent you. I will work with your elected representatives and ensure you have a good service and response to your needs. We don’t expect to change the rivalry between our two counties, and it is some rivalry, but we may be able to change other things by working together.
"Housing is a massive priority for me. We need to build homes in a much more timely manner, in both the public and private sector. While there are over 115,000 more homes since Fianna Fáil came into government, we need to do more.”
Cllr Smith is married to wife Mary and they have three teenage children. Mary is a teacher and works in an Autism Unit in Birr.
"As a result, I am keenly aware of the pressures on parents and on the educational sector," Cllr Smith said. "I believe that we should provide multidisciplinary teams of therapists in every special school in the country. An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin has committed to the provision of physios, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists in every special school in the country and I will do all I can to push for these services."
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